It is greatly to America's advantage that it is a congenial atmosphere for the right sort of unruliness - that it is a home not just for the smart, but for the smart-alecks. And hackers are invariably smart-alecks. If we had a national holiday, it would be April 1st.
—from Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, a book by Paul Graham
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| Rank | Username | WPM | Accuracy | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11799. | pansui (pansui_zeliang) | 83.50 | 97% | 2012-09-12 |
| 11800. | discbox_colemak (discbox_co... | 83.50 | 98% | 2013-01-20 |
| 11801. | Dylan (cherrycoke33) | 83.50 | 94% | 2017-06-02 |
| 11802. | J (bnanapeel) | 83.49 | 95% | 2016-02-19 |
| 11803. | pydu (pydu) | 83.49 | 97% | 2017-09-16 |
| 11804. | Kevin (baeyoona) | 83.49 | 91% | 2017-06-01 |
| 11805. | Aseem (reigning_king) | 83.49 | — | 2009-06-07 |
| 11806. | Felix (felixleong) | 83.49 | 100% | 2011-11-02 |
| 11807. | Klaus (derkoenig) | 83.49 | 96% | 2013-08-27 |
| 11808. | Scolexis (scolexis) | 83.48 | 94% | 2014-02-27 |
| 11809. | FoFo (fofire) | 83.47 | 97% | 2021-06-18 |
| 11810. | William (deltawk) | 83.47 | 91% | 2011-10-31 |
| 11811. | mars (marswork) | 83.47 | 99% | 2020-11-20 |
| 11812. | Anjith (iamanjithsasindran) | 83.47 | 95% | 2015-09-14 |
| 11813. | Tom (decoherence) | 83.47 | 95% | 2015-06-03 |
| 11814. | christopher "crash" (christ... | 83.47 | 97% | 2012-05-26 |
| 11815. | mohsye (mohsye) | 83.46 | 96% | 2013-07-11 |
| 11816. | Turi (haditoori) | 83.46 | 98% | 2022-08-22 |
| 11817. | Ethan (sweethan) | 83.46 | 97% | 2022-09-01 |
| 11818. | Adrian (dragoadrian) | 83.45 | 98% | 2022-04-15 |
| 11819. | Thanos (d3bsy_j) | 83.45 | 97% | 2021-09-04 |
| 11820. | root (chroot) | 83.45 | 98% | 2023-10-01 |
| 11821. | Jackaboi (jdgremlin) | 83.45 | 96.1% | 2021-02-12 |
| 11822. | Ian (shaavin) | 83.45 | 90% | 2014-02-17 |
| 11823. | Colemakn00b (colemakn00b) | 83.45 | 98% | 2012-09-26 |
| 11824. | Reza (bananagholem) | 83.45 | 91% | 2016-03-10 |
| 11825. | Fenix (isaac.hermens@gmail.... | 83.44 | 95% | 2014-06-03 |
| 11826. | samuel (samuelga1) | 83.44 | 95% | 2020-10-06 |
| 11827. | John (gummyii) | 83.44 | 94% | 2020-06-17 |
| 11828. | Jorge (jquiroz728) | 83.44 | 97% | 2018-09-14 |
| Universe | Races | Average WPM | First Race |
|---|---|---|---|
| Default (English) | 116,426 | 71.57 | August 3, 2008 |
| Instant Death Mode | 229 | 70.03 | April 1, 2010 |
| Riverside Middle School | 19 | 33.91 | January 24, 2011 |
| ##typeracer | 4 | 82.66 | February 14, 2021 |
| TypeRacer Classic | 2 | 54.09 | June 1, 2021 |
| All TypeRacer Texts | 1 | 38.66 | June 12, 2021 |